Composition of matter for softening and bleaching sole-leather.



IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. MORANG, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO MORANGCHEMICAL COMPANY, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMP- SHIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1906.

Application filed January 16, 1906. Serial No. 296,384.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. MORANG, a

I citizen of the United States of America, residing at Manchester, inthe county of Hillsboro, in the State of New Hampshire, have invented anew and useful Composition of Matter to be Used for Softening andBleaching Sole- Leather, of which the following is a specification.

My composition consists of the following ingredients combined in theproportions stated, viz: Epsom salts, one pound thirteen ounceshyposulfite of soda, one pound thirteen ounces; borax, one pound fourand onehalf ounces; permanganate of potash, one

' ounce; oil of mirbane, one-half ounce. These leather becomes soft andpliable and easier worked, thereby preventing breaking of channels andcracking in the leveling-machine, and at the same time the leather isbleached without impairing its fiber, thus improving the appearance andfinish.

the same purpose, nor am I awarethat all the ingredients of mycomposition have been used together.

I claim- 1. The hereindescribed composition of matter, resulting frommixing of Epsom salts, hyposulfite of soda, boraX, permanganate ofpotash, oil of mirbane, as described and for the purpose specified.

2. The herein-described composition of matter for softening andbleaching soleleather, resulting from mixing Epsom salts, one poundthirteen ounces; hyposulfite of soda, one pound thirteen ounces; boraX,one pound four and one-half ounces; permanganate of potash, one ounce;oil of mirbane, onehalf ounce, substantially as described.

3. The herein-described composition of matter for softening andbleaching soleleather, resulting from mixing Epsomsalts, one poundthirteen ounces; hyposulfite of soda, one pound thirteen ounces; boraX,one pound four and one-half ounces; permanganate of potash, one ounce;oil of mirbane, onehalf ounce; water, lukewarm, one hundred gallons toeach five pounds of the abovenamed composition.

WILLIAM F. MORANG.

Witnesses CHARLES A. PERKINS, J. B. CAVANAUGH.

I am not aware of any composition used for

